Research Article
Elevated Level of Serum C-reactive Protein Predicts Postoperative Delirium among Patients Receiving Cervical or Lumbar Surgery
Table 1
Selected characteristics of 206 participants in this study.
| | Participants (206) | value | Having no delirium (194) | Having delirium (12) |
| Age group, (%) | <45 | 24 (12.4) | 0 (0) | 0.011 | ≥45 and <65 | 118 (60.8) | 4 (33.3) | ≥65 | 52 (26.8) | 8 (66.7) | Gender, (%) | Male | 78 (40.2) | 2 (16.7) | 0.133 | Female | 116 (59.8) | 10 (83.3) | ASA classification, (%) | I | 42 (21.6) | 0 (0) | <0.001 | II | 150 (77.3) | 10 (83.3) | III | 2 (1.0) | 2 (16.7) | BMI () | | | | 0.747 | Surgery type, (%) | Cervical | 30 (15.5) | 6 (50) | 0.008 | Lumbar | 164 (84.5) | 6 (50) | MDAS () | Preoperative | | | 0.011 | Postoperative (average) | | | 0.000 | CRP (mg/L, ) | Preoperative | | | 0.641 | Postoperative | | | 0.000 | Length of anesthesia (hours) | | | | 0.051 | Extubation time (minutes) | | | | 0.329 | Intraoperative blood transfusion, (%) | | 58 (29.9) | 5 (41.7) | 0.519 | Postoperative HB (g/L) | | | | 0.732 |
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